“Legally, you have to pass a background and credit check, which takes weeks to complete. Otherwise they’re illegal to have.”
Ulya shrugged. “So is coke. People still find ways to get it. Besides, I don’t understand that stupid law. What’s so harmful about talking to people?”
Melody considered this, but she couldn’t come up with a reason. Ulya finally withdrew the device from her satchel and passed it over to Melody, who accepted it with a mumbled thank you. It was a different shape and model from her ComCator and had difficult controls.
“How do I contact my client with this?” she asked, turning it over and over in her hands.
“Well, you can’t. You have to give her this one,” Ulya said. “Come on, Melody, you’ve been using these for years. These things are like…what do you call them, walk
